Ever since I came into contact with the folks from the Quaker Chewy Afterschool Rocks program and the After School Alliance, I’ve been trying to think of ways to be more involved with my kids when they get back home from school. I took some time to search through the afterschool toolkit for parents and…
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The Family Dish – Let’s Cook Together! (Giveaway!)
The walk home from school is always full of some kind of drama. My friend Kathy’s kids often walk home with us as well. Her oldest daughter is the same age as Jacob so it never fails that there is some kind of 3rd grade boy / girl banter going on. Heaven forbid you act…
Polite Bread Eating {Recipe: French Bread Rolls}
I am a bread lover. If I had to give up all other food but one, bread would make the cut and would become my one and only. I love all kinds of bread. I do not love trying to figure out a polite way to eat crusty French rolls, though… do you? You…
A Culinary Experience and Bush’s Beans Giveaway (Recipe: Creamy Black Bean & Bacon Soup)
This giveaway is now closed. Random.org chose Richard (rtrblade@……). Congrats to Richard! Thanks to everyone for entering. Sometimes I just want to pinch myself when I think about the opportunities that have been given to me simply by starting this blog four years ago. At the end of October I had the opportunity to…
A 7th Birthday (Recipe: Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake)
As a food blogger, I have…let’s say, a “reputation” to uphold. When I host a dinner party, people expect the food to be good. When I bake something for a bake sale people anticipate that I’ll bring something tasty to share. When my kid has a birthday, the assumption is that she will have a…
Begging and Pleading (Recipe: Oven Roasted Pumpkin Seeds)
I’ve been blogging…really I have. It just hasn’t been here. I have been fervently trying to keep up with all the newbie bloggers who have submitted applications for adoptions in the Adopt a Blogger program. I literally have an inbox stuffed full of people who are looking for someone a little more experienced to adopt…
Around Our Table (Perfect One-Dish Dinners Barbecue Chicken Sliders)
We have started something new at our house that has made a significant difference in mealtime. It has been one very small change that has made a huge impact. We have started serving our meals family style. See, mealtimes prior, my husband and I would get all of the plates filled and ready before we…
Time Machine (Recipe: Pumpkin Biscuits with Orange-Honey Butter)
One bite was all it took for me to be sitting around our dining room table in my childhood home, nylons still on my feet, shoes off, my parents nagging at me that I’m ruining my nylons because I am not wearing shoes… “Do you know how much nylons cost? You are running around the…
Pumpkin Muffin Confessions (Recipe: Pumpkin Muffins)
Since I am in the mood for confessions, I wanted to share another one with you. First of all, I love Miracle Whip. That has nothing to do with the confession I am about to make…I just wanted to clear the air with that first. My favorite pumpkin muffin is derived from a cake mix….
Defining Success (Recipe: Slice and Bake Sugar Cookies)
Bakers will love having this tried and true Slice and Bake Homemade Sugar Cookiec Recipe on hand! As many of you know, I recently returned from San Francisco where I attended a food blogging conference. I’m not going to write a whole recap. I’m not going to gush about all the wonderful people I met…
